Heinrich Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2013.10.18 23:45:00 -
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They've arrived! Needless to say I'll have a lot to say about these changes, I'm going to likely throw them up on my blog. We saw them posted internally only briefly before they went public, and I've been so busy putting out various fires the last couple days I haven't sat down and processed it all yet, but I'm quickly catching up! FoxFour and I have talked about this stuff for a while now though, so the general idea here is no surprise.
FW peeps - I'll give the disclaimer now. Yes, I'm the FW expert and worked heavily on the EVE-side FW changes last year as part of the CSM. I fight for Minmatar almost exclusively, and will be doing so in the days ahead. No, I don't care about the fact that you feel feature _________ favors the _________ militia, I've had my fill of those ******** arguments and I wont waste my time with them this time around. If you want to obnoxiously badger me because you think I'm trying to game the system for Minmatar or whatever I'm prolly just going to ignore you. The rules affect all miltiias, if they hurt one day they'll be hurting your enemy the next.
Likewise, because I have such a long history with FW - I'm usually the last person to buy in to the "BUT ___________ IS GOING TO DESTROY FW AND END THE FIGHTING!!" arguments. You can win me over, but its tough as nails. I've heard them all, and 95% of the "serious issues" I was warned about last year never materialized when people actually got out and used the system. I'm notorious for disappointing FW people because of this, and not taking your pet issue seriously enough for you to be satisfied.....but I look at the big picture, and the long haul. Data comes in over MONTHS that determines whether these systems are elastic enough or not, if you've decided in the first 2 weeks that the system is broken cause your faction isn't coming back I'm prolly going to just tell you to fight harder.  I've literally seen it all and heard it all in the last few years and I am extremely resistant to hyperbole. I can be swayed.....but it takes a lot of hard evidence, and a fair amount of time.
My feedback for CCP will be informed by this experience, of course. I'm much less likely to be alarmed about some features because I understand that they are unpredictable and need to be released into the wild to see what players do with them before coming to conclusions, and FW is nothing that any designer can simulate or test in-house the way they can a rifle. Don't be shocked if you hear me say "we'll see" a whole helluvalot.
I also want to bump my newly created Dust Scussion channels. I'll be moderating a Skype chat on Faction Warfare, anyone is welcome to join, but I will ruthlessly boot people who are being disruptive. I look forward to getting to know more of you that are excited for and/or actively fighting for the militias regularly!
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Heinrich Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2013.10.19 00:55:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote:Ok, let me sway you. I've took data from nearly 2 months now, one month where Gallente and Minmatar FW were winning 99% to 1% and another where Amarr and Caldari FW were winning 99% to 1%. I think there is something up with this, and this is me saying the faction warfare system is broken even though my team came back and is winning now, so yeah. I've posted exactly what I think is up and why the FW system in broken in numerous threads and a few of my own threads as well, if you didn't see them then I question how well the CPM really listens. Yeah I know you can't see everything that goes on in the forums, but I and some others have literally been spamming this for a couple months now.
Hey now lets get to know each other a bit before we rush to conclusions alright?? FW has changed in a couple of significant ways over the last two months that have created atypical scenarios. And they will change again immediately once these are implemented. I'm not saying there aren't phenomena that need to be studied closely looking at the last couple of months, only that once FoxFour actually delivers these on the server the clock resets and we get to observe a brand new set of data.
No need to assume I'm marginalizing your current research, I'd love to chat soon and discuss your findings and the lessons we can learn from them before FoxFour finalizes this latest iteration. |